Frizztext weekly challenge reached Q this past Tuesday where he wrote very movingly about Q for Quietness. A quietness he experienced himself. To complete the narrative the reader must also read his reply to Tina Schell.

The only word that came to my mind when I saw the letter Q was queen. For sure not a topic that interests me, so I had to sit down and think. That was when my eye caught a little booklet my eldest son gave my some years ago.

So Q from me is for Quotations.

I saw the little paper sticking out and after taking the picture, I opened the book to see why I put a marker in there.

John Lennon an interview in Evening Standard

4 March 1966 :

We’re more popular than Jesus now: I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity

As a small child we used to live in a rural town and had no electricity in our home. I loved to play with the flame of the candle and was always reprimanded about it. Just imagine my disappointment when we moved to the city and had a switch that provided light and no flame to play with. Off cause my mother loved the convenience of an electric stove etc.

With a shock I realised that I haven’t done a blog with Frizz tagged letters. That was mainly because I could not decide which word to take.

That was when I realised that I am free to use the same letter for more than one theme. 😀

1. P for petunia

Since I can remember I loved gardening. Maybe I was more of a nuisance than any help, but I can remember “helping” in the garden since I was a toddler. One of the annuals my mum used to plant and which I really liked, was petunias. Later on when I started my own garden, they were always a natural choice.

young petunias in an old wine barrel

a closer view

in Mechelen

2. P for Parents

1948

1998

Dad showed him ?

We were still apprentices in the role as parents. 2 more sons and 30 years later I realise it can never be done perfectly but we managed not too bad

Weekly Photo Challenge: Color

The theme for this week is color. My personal favourite is any pastel of which pink is one of the top ones.

My father-in-law used to tell me that pink is only a suppressed form of red and that red is the color that represents anger and rage. In other words, he told me, I try to suppress the rage in me!! But no, that is not what I experience.

apicots and yellows

pinks and mauves

Altough I drive a white car (NO not a pink one!!), somehow any red vehicle will catch my eye